Preventing Prescription Drug, Opioid and Synthetic Opioid Misuse

If you couldn't make the summit, don't worry! We've included a few of the speakers' presentations -- each full of information you can use to learn about the origin of the opioid epidemic in your area! Read more.

(Notre Dame News, April 9) In 2010, the private pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma tried to reformulate the powerful painkiller Oxycontin to make it less addictive. But, according to new research, this effort did not help to reduce nationwide drug overdoses and may have amplified the heroin epidemic. Read more.